I'm addicted to Gobies

[Crazy Reefs]

Yup, It's true. I currently have 8 different species of Gobies plus 4 species of Firefish/Dartfish.
I find them so amazing to watch when they are not hiding in every crack and crevice in the tank.

 

[Maritimer]

Know what?

I don't blame you.

I love my freshwater peacock gudgeons and Stiphodons, and my reefing plans include firefish, neon gobies, green clowns, zebra dartfish, maybe a shrimp & watchman pair . . .

I like gobies too...

~B.

 

[Crazy Reefs]

My Little Twin Spot. He's very shy!

 

[Bunnee911]

Phydeaux

a lawnmower blenny. But cute.

 

[ReefBuzz]

Gobies are beautiful! My favorite fish I've ever owned was a Yasha Goby. He did good for about 8 months but vanished suddenly. Very fun to watch.

 

[914joe]

I love this little guy

 

[Crazy Reefs]

Phydeaux

a lawnmower blenny. But cute.

I like them too!

 

[Naiad]

Did someone say gobies? Where!

 

[DiverGirl82]

Have any of you ever had a green clown goby? I really want one and my lfs said he'd get one for me but he says he's never had much luck with them living for very long. So now I'm second guessing it which sucks because I had even come up with a name already, Booger. :)

 

[xavier009]

In my experience green clowns are pretty hardy. I absolutely love clow gobies. I had a yellow for a few years and he had such personality for a little guy

 

[Oscaror]

Hello my name is crazy reefs and I am an addict
Hello Crazy reefs
what are you addicted to
gobies

Honestly I don't blame you, gobies are awesome

 

[john.m.cole3]

My orange clown goby disappeared after 3 weeks. I think my duncan ate him because the duncan didn't open for a week after the goby disappeared.

 

[Naiad]

Some people don't realize the smaller gobies, smaller fish in general, tend to have shorter lifespans. So they think they are not doing as well when they are in fact living to a ripe old age.

 

[Naiad]

My orange clown goby disappeared after 3 weeks. I think my duncan ate him because the duncan didn't open for a week after the goby disappeared.

This is also a problem with nano fish... though most seem smart enough to avoid danger.

 

[DiverGirl82]

My orange clown goby disappeared after 3 weeks. I think my duncan ate him because the duncan didn't open for a week after the goby disappeared.

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. I was thinking of getting a duncan too. Maybe I'll have to pass on the duncan if they can do that.

 

[Naiad]

One of my only gobies I can find on a moments notice lol.

 

[Naiad]

Haha you guys got lucky!

 

[Crazy Reefs]

Have any of you ever had a green clown goby? I really want one and my lfs said he'd get one for me but he says he's never had much luck with them living for very long. So now I'm second guessing it which sucks because I had even come up with a name already, Booger. :)

I have had a Yellow and green that did have a short lifespan. The best luck I have had is with the Citron Goby.

 

[Naiad]

Have any of you ever had a green clown goby? I really want one and my lfs said he'd get one for me but he says he's never had much luck with them living for very long. So now I'm second guessing it which sucks because I had even come up with a name already, Booger. :)

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/hcs3/index.htm

Here is some info. It covers why many perish at the lfs and what you can do to make yours happy and healthy. Main problem seems to be starvation. Like the mandarins many reach the lfs past the point of saving.

 

[DeniseAndy]

My yellow clowns were 3 years with me when the girl died egg bound and the male lasted about 3 more months. Had green clowns and they were fine except for my accidentally killing them (water change accident).

Gobies are great!! Such diversity and fun. I have an engineer goby and love her. Granted, these guys are not for everyone. They can wreck your sandbed and anything on it. I have had masked gobies that I loved. I am working on getting some pico type gobies now for my smaller tank.